Garment



Aug. '7, 11923. 11,464,449

- A. SILVERSTEIN GARMENT Filed Nov. 9, 1920 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 lIVl/E/VTOHATTORNEYS A. SILVERSTEIN GARMENT Aug. 7, 1923. 11,464,449

Filed Nov. 9, 1920 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 WITNESSES INVENTOR uh AE NII-VEESTEIN 7% 8y /ZM /A ,4 TTOR/VEYS Patented Aug. 7, 1923.

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enema inn '1 Application filed November 9, 1920. Serial Ito. 422,819.

To all whom dim/(Ly concern ]Be it known that I, AARoN SILVERSTEIN, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York,borough. of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, haveinvented a new and Improved Garment, of which the following is a full,clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to a garment, and has particular reference to adetachablevest for coats.

An object of the invention is to provide a vest for coats which may bereadily \applied to the inner face of a coat and can be used as a vestwhen desired.

Another object of the invention resides in the provision of a vest ofthe character above described which can be applied to a coat with aminimum disturbance of the assembly and construction of the coat proper,so that the fit of the coat is in no way affected by the application ofthe vest thereto, when used as a vest or otherwise.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of meanswhereby the ends of the vest, when not in use, may he slipped in back pfthe facing of the coat and be fastened'therein so as to have theappearance of an ordinary coat lining, provision being made that allfastening devices are hidden by the cloth of the coat.

A still further object resides in the particular construction andarrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed and shown in theaccompanying drawings.

Hitherto in the construction of detachable vests for coats, it has beennecessary to provide a particular arrangement of the facing of the coat,especially where it joins the neckpiece in such a loose manner that theform of thecoat as it fitted over the neck of the person wearing itreadily got out of shape, thus destroying a line of beauty in the coat,which is one of the most essentail features of this garmentfFurthermore, detachable vests hitherto used have been so applied to thebody portion of the coat that when not in use their presence is aparent.

so, the particular method of fastening vests hitherto employed has madeit a laborious process, in most cases necessitating taking the coat offof the person of the wearer in order to hide the vest back of the facingor to take the vest out of the facing when used around the body of thewearer.

I aimto overcome these objections in the apphcation of m vest to a coatby providing a coat in Wl'llCh the facing, particularly .where it joinsthe neck portion of the coat, is firmly connected thereto in the usualmanher so that the lines and curvature of the neck portion and thefacing adjacent thereto are preserved at all times, whetheltthe vest isbeing used or when it is not in use. Furthermore, I provide meansconnected integrally with the body cloth of the coat whereby any and allfastening means are hidden.

The invention is illustrated in the drawings, of whicl1- Figure 1represents the disposition of the vest when in use and shows the meanswithin the facing of the coat whereby the facing; may be held in place;

igure 2 represents the disposition of the vest when it is not in use andthe ends thereof are disposed back of the facing of the coat;

Figure 3 is a section taken through a part of the garment.

Figured is a diagram of a pattern illustration of the manner in whichone portion of the coat to which the vest is attached is cut out; and

Figure 5 is a portion of the vest showing the disposition of thefastening means thereon. I

In thedrawings the invention is shown as applied to a coat having alining portion 1, a facing 2 and a neck portion 3. The facing of theneck portion is joined alon the line 4, shown in Figure 2, and the widtof the facing at th s portion, it will be observed, is unusually narrow.Below this line 4 the facing portion 2 may be of any desired width, inaccordance with whatever style of garment is being made. In Figure 2, itwill be observed'that the vest portion 5 is adapted to be adjustablyfastened to the coat by fastening means 6 beneath a portion of thelining thereof, particularly at the upper end of the vest. The rearlower face 7 of the vest 5 is connected by suitable fastening means 8 tosimilar fastening devices on a tab or lapel 9 which is formed along aseam '10 which is usually found in coats immediately beneath the armpit.The manner in which this tab or lapel 9 is formed will be laterexplained. This lapel has fastening means disposed on the inner sidethereof so that when they engage the fastening means on the lower rearedge of the vest the fastening means are covered by the lael9.

%.he inner face of the vest is lined with the same material as thelining 1 of the coat. The outer edge of the vest is normally disposedback of the facing 2 and is connected thereto as shown by any sultablefasteners 11. When the vest is thus disposed not in use back of thefacing 2, the inner lining thereof being of the same material as thelining 1, the vest isnot ordinar'ily observed as a separate garment.

It will be noted that where the upper edge 12 of the vest is'insertedunderneath the adjacent edge of the facing 2 that this insertion cantake lace with a minimum disturbance of the acing, whereas in most vestsof this sort the facing is, along the edge 4, clasped or adjustablyfastened to the neck portion 3 or'the body of the coatv and has to beunfastened in order to get the vest beneath the facing at this point. Itis one of the essential features of this invention, in that I can make avest substantially flat and securely fasten it to the neckpiece so as topreserve the contour of the coat, and insert the vest beneath the facingand remove it from beneath the facing with a minimum a disturbancethereof. It will be observed also that the upper end of the vest is fastened to the coat as near as possible to the neckpiece so that, as shownin Figure 1,.

- when the vest is in use, wrapped around messes In Figure 4, theopening 13 in the Hpat terns 14 is cut in the usual manner. o ever,inorder to provide the tab 9 which I show in this fi ure, I allow acorrespondin width 15 at the upper right hand edge 0 the pattern, andalso a correspondin width 16 at the lower right-hand edge of t e gar--ment, so that I can sew the edge 17 to the edge 18, shown in dotted linein Figure 4, and the intervening space between the edge 18 and the edge19 will form a lapel 9. This can be achieved by folding an originalpattern along a line 20, shown in Figure 4., and then remarking thisdisturbed pattern on to a new sheet, giving as a result the patternshown in Figure 4:.

It will thus be observed that I have provided a vest which can be simplyand readily applied for use and stored away within the facing of thecoat when not in use, and which can also. be completely detached fromthe coat, if'desired. Thisvest portion simulates the ordinary lining ofthe coat when not in use, and all fastening means are hidden. Moreover,itcan be readily attached to a coat portion which has been provided witha firm and secure connection between the upper end of the facing and thecollar portion, whereby all the proper and desired curves aremaintained.

What I claim is:

Thecombination with a coat having a facing, of a vest adapted when notin use to be disposed beneath the facing, fastening means on the coatand one end of the vest adapted to co-operate to join the vest and coattogether, and an integral tab or lapel on the coat adapted to cover thefastening means on the coat and the vest. I

AARON SILVERSTEIN.

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